Geographic information systems: A new tool for environmental health assessments

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 381-391

  Choi, Mona ^a   Afzal, Brenda ^b   Sattler, Barbara ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Exposures; Geographic information systems; GIS mapping; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 33748314546     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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